The councils rationale (which I don’t agree with) I think was there is a 7 storey building on the left side (Cedar) and a 2 storey building on the right (former Zak’s).. so the average/if you draw a line between the two - the result is 4 storeys.. which is their preferred height limit but silly if/when the 2 storey building gets developed one day...
I have heard the new concept is going through state Govt and should get approved.. plus there is majority hotel/serviced apt/commercial component while the previous was mainly residential..

how good is he wrote:The councils rationale (which I don’t agree with) I think was there is a 7 storey building on the left side (Cedar) and a 2 storey building on the right (former Zak’s).. so the average/if you draw a line between the two - the result is 4 storeys.. which is their preferred height limit but silly if/when the 2 storey building gets developed one day...
I have heard the new concept is going through state Govt and should get approved.. plus there is majority hotel/serviced apt/commercial component while the previous was mainly residential..

The average should be with building setback only and not height, as is commonplace (e.g. setbacks for residential dwellings). 27m is fine. That block has been vacant for a long time.

PLANS for a $15.3 million seven-storey apartment complex in West Lakes are being assessed by the state coordinator-general.

Local firm CNS Investments is proposing to build 45 apartments, ranging from one to three bedrooms, across seven levels on Brebner Drive.

The plan is for a mixed-use complex of a restaurant, commercial tenancies and homes to be built on what is currently 1590 sq m of vacant land opposite Westfield West Lakes.

The plans for the waterfront development have been sent to the Coordinator-General, Jim Hallion, to be assessed before being formally lodged with the state’s main planning authority, the State Commission Assessment Panel.

Charles Sturt Council chief executive Paul Sutton said the application was on hold following the council’s feedback on the proposal.

“(The council) is not supportive of the proposed development for a number of reasons, including: exceeding maximum building height for the site, the bulky single form of the proposed building, impact on access to sunlight, unsuitable waste management provisions, overlooking and overshadowing impacts, and lack of carparking inclusion within the boundaries of the site,” Mr Sutton said. CNS Investments’ desire to develop the site – which has been vacant since 2010 – has been a drawn-out process.

It first lodged plans for a seven-storey apartment and office complex with the council back in 2015 but the application was refused.